Meanings
nounwide-angle lens (plural wide-angle lenses)
plural wide-angle lenses
- artsA short focal length lens having a wide field of view.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
Similar
Broader
camera lensoptical lens
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan objectiu gran angular
- objectiu gran angularshort focal length lens
Chinese Mandarin 廣角鏡頭 /广角镜头
- 廣角鏡頭 /广角镜头 (guǎngjiǎo jìngtóu)short focal length lens
Danish vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv
- vidvinkelshort focal length lens
- vidvinkelobjektivshort focal length lens
Dutch groothoeklens
- groothoeklensshort focal length lens
Finnish laajakulmaobjektiivi
- laajakulmaobjektiivishort focal length lens
French grand-angle, objectif grand angulaire
- grand-angleshort focal length lens
- objectif grand angulaireshort focal length lens
German Weitwinkelobjektiv
- Weitwinkelobjektivshort focal length lens
Hebrew עדשה רחבה, עצמית רחבת זווית
- עדשה רחבה (adashá rekhavá)short focal length lens
- עצמית רחבת זווית (atsmít rakhavát zavít)short focal length lens
Hungarian nagy látószögű objektív
- nagy látószögű objektívshort focal length lens
Italian grandangolo, grandangolare
- grandangoloshort focal length lens
- grandangolareshort focal length lens
Māori arotahi whārahi
- arotahi whārahishort focal length lens
Norwegian Bokmål vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv
- vidvinkelshort focal length lens
- vidvinkelobjektivshort focal length lens
- vidvinkellinseshort focal length lens
Polish obiektyw szerokokątny
- obiektyw szerokokątnyshort focal length lens
Portuguese lente grande-angular, objetiva grande-angular
- lente grande-angularshort focal length lens
- objetiva grande-angularshort focal length lens
Russian широкоуго́льный объекти́в
- широкоуго́льный объекти́в (širokougólʹnyj obʺjektív)short focal length lens
Spanish objetivo gran angular
- objetivo gran angularshort focal length lens
Swedish vidvinkellins
- vidvinkellinsshort focal length lens
Turkish geniş açılı lens
- geniş açılı lensshort focal length lens
Ukrainian ширококу́тний об'єкти́в
- ширококу́тний об'єкти́в (šyrokokútnyj obʺjektýv)short focal length lens
Cite this entry
APA
wide-angle lens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide-angle%20lens
MLA
“wide-angle lens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide-angle%20lens. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wide-angle lens,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide-angle%20lens.
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